完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
On the day before the bass（鲈鱼）season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.
When his pole 1 he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with 2 as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. 3 , he very cautiously lifted the 4 fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, 5 it was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills（鱼鳃）playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father 6 a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.——two hours 7 the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.
“Dad！” 8 the boy.
“There will be other fish,” said his father.
“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy again.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere 9 in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. 10 no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could 11 from his father’s voice that the decision was not changed. He slowly 12 the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the 13 water. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was 14 . He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he caught that night long ago. But he does see that same fish—— again and again——every time he 15 a question of ethics(道德).
For his father taught him, ethics are simple 16 of right and wrong. It is only the 17 of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking？We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the 18 . The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our 19 . It is a 20 we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.
A．broke down B．bent over C．turned up D．turned out
A．desire B．fear C．admiration D．love
A．In the beginning B．Finally C．Besides D．All in all
A．delighted B．frustrated C．frightened D．exhausted
A．but B．however C．and D．while
A．won B．beat C．struck D．picked
A．after B．until C．when D．before
A．yelled B．shouted C．said D．cried
A．around B．front C．back D．right
A．Ever since B．Even though C．In case D．Now that
A．say B．speak C．talk D．tell
A．worked B．loosed C．looked D．attached
A．shallow B．black C．low D．white
A．content B．wrong C．right D．pleased
A．come up with B．gets on with C．meets with D．catches us with
A．matters B．events C．questions D．things
A．meaning B．understanding C．practice D．point
A．fact B．truth C．faith D．incident
A．mind B．heart C．memory D．brain
A．lesson B．story C．concept D．standard
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I used to abandon myself to despair. Last year, my mother from a stroke and had a operation on her brain. I felt my whole life turn upside down and I had no what I could do to help her to relieve her . Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.
Last month I a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt about the loss.
There have been many like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things I read “ If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie. “When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What can I get from this? How can I my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’” He wrote.
I suddenly that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things . When my mother was fighting for , I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of and crying.
Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t a prize. If I had not the article, I would definitely have felt again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage .
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns as well, but these thorns help us become and strong. When life us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As I walked past a store, I saw it, my dream coat. I’d been searching for the wonderful style that I’d first in a magazine. I tried it on. It fit . I wrapped the coat around myself like a (n) .
I knew that I shouldn’t buy myself a present at Christmas time. I’d the gifts for my family long before. Mom had me into buying a coat months ago. , I earned this by working all last summer. Still, I felt just a little . “It is more blessed (幸福的) to give than to receive”. Those haunted (萦绕) me all day. But I also wanted my dream coat.
The next morning, on the school bus, I my friend, Kate. I recognized her dress as the same one she’d yesterday and the day before.
At dinner, I asked my parents about Kate’s family.
“I hear that her mother worked at the factory that just and his father is an alcoholic. He probably drank up all the money his wife .”
That night I dreamed about Kate sitting beside a tree on Christmas morning, looking in our windows, when we opened gift after gift. When I awoke, I was of what I had to do.
At breakfast, I my plan to my family. It I wasn’t the only one who was thinking that way. I bought a basic but outfit (一套衣服) for Kate. We didn’t go to Kate’s until we were certain everyone would be in bed. Dad turned the car lights off I approached her house.
The first day back to school after Christmas , Kate was dressed in the clothes I’d given her. The outfit seemed to fit well.
It’s been many years now that Christmas Eve, and I have not forgotten it. I learned the of giving.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If failure is like a day without the sunshine, I’ll still smile at it, as clouds may be dancing in the sky. Success does not ________every person, just like the sun doesn’t shine every day.
Do you give up your plan to go hiking ________ because the weather isn’t as good as you had hoped? No, of course not. I would rather go on trying no matter what I________and enjoy on the way to my destination (目的地).________, failure is like a naughty boy who plays with us on the way to our goals. Not only does he want to________us, but he wants to help us become braver. The more we________, the braver we’ll be.
If failure is the________without the moon, I’ll still smile at it, as stars may twinkle on us still. ________ we all like the moon, but should we ignore the stars? There is always something more important than ________. In other words, we shouldn’t only ________ on whether we succeed or fail. In fact, we learn a lot from failure. It is really helpful. The more we learn from failure, the________we’ll be. If failure is a bird without ________ , I’ll still smile at it. Flying isn’t the only thing a bird can do. If we can’t be________by the wide blue sky, why don’t we ________ adapting ourselves to the forest through our beautiful singing? Failure________us that we should believe in ourselves. We may fail in one area, but we may ________ in another. Maybe we’ll find that we have a talent for something we never knew about before. Who ________? Life is like a box of chocolates, and you________ know what you’re going to get. Just keep on trying. The process of trying is much more valuable than the ________. Smile at ________and smile at life.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ______ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed ______. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls (灵魂) ______ their souls belonged to the ______ .
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ______ in front of it. “I’m Steve”, he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “ I can’t talk with you. I’ m ______”, he said. He was chatting online with somebody—probably someone he didn’t know---and, ______, he was playing a computer game--- a war game. I was _____ .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried ______ to speak to that computer geek(电脑玩家)，______ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was ______ . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “ ______ !” I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I ______ , and saw nobody showed any interest.
______, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more ______ having a relationship with the ______, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to ______ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines ______ with people.
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even ______ that the coffee was bad, ______Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Is the world really going mad? _____day I was sitting in a restaurant _____ a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly_____ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was _____ with smoke. I asked with an apology for_____ to open a window to stop myself _____!
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without _____ that people are _____ the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and _____ the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to _____ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him _____ when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down _____ it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of _____ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can _____ should, be treated properly. House building, road _____, and industrial development are all earthmoving(or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of _____ created over millions of years. I would like to _____serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be _____ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural _____.
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